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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Philadelphia street horrified as cockroaches invade－蟑螂入侵 費城街景嚇人
（圖擷取自Pakistan Today）
◎周虹汶
Residents of a Philadelphia street were horrified when thousands of cockroaches emerged from a sewer drain, forming a swarm so big that it covered the street at one stage, according to city officials and local media on Tuesday.
根據城市官員和當地媒體週二說法，當成千上萬隻蟑螂從一處下水道水溝竄出，一度成群結隊大到足以覆蓋街道，嚇壞了費城那條街的居民。
"There were thousands of them," resident Pat Wall told NBC10 television of the Sunday-night incident. "It was a horror story that I couldn’t believe I was living."
「牠們有成千上萬隻」，居民帕特．沃爾對「NBC10」電視台敘述週日晚間的那起事件。「它是一個我不敢相信我活著見證的恐怖故事。」
A small task force of city workers on Tuesday found the source of the infestation, a drain clogged with refuse, said John DiGiulio, a spokesman for the Philadelphia Water Department.
費城水務局發言人約翰．迪朱利奧說，城市工作人員的一支工作小隊週二發現了蟑螂群襲的來源——一處塞滿垃圾的下水道。
Roaches are a fact of life all over the city, and the creatures thrive in warm, moist environments, DiGiulio said.
迪朱利奧說，蟑螂是全市生活真相，這種生物在溫暖、潮濕環境中大量繁衍。
Sewers are normally cleaned out every few months by the water department and more frequently when a complaint is received, according to DiGiulio.
根據迪朱利奧說法，下水道一般是每幾個月由水務局徹底清理一次，收到申訴時會更頻繁。
Health department workers will also bait the sewer line in an effort to fight the bugs. （Reuters）
為了對抗這些蟑螂，衛生局員工也將會在下水道管線放餌。（路透）
《新聞辭典》
drain：動詞，指排水、流乾、喝光、使精力或金錢耗盡；名詞，指排水、下水道、排水系統、醫療上的引流。例句：Hope began to drain away slowly.（希望開始慢慢消失。）
swarm：名詞，指蜂群、一大群。動詞，指氾濫、擠滿、成群移動或出現、蜜蜂成群離巢。例句：Young people swarmed into the big city.（年輕人湧進這個大城市。）
clog：名詞，指木底鞋、障礙；動詞，指阻礙、堵塞。例句：The road is often clogged during the rush hour.（這條路在交通尖峰時刻常塞住。）
